Thursday 29 April 2010

dog

dog (as) sick as a dog
dog dog and pony show
dog dog-eat-dog
dog dog in the manger
dog Every dog has his day.

dog Every dog has its day.
dog put on the dog
dog see a man about a dog
dog sick as a dog
dog You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
dog the hair of the dog that bit one
dog the tail wagging the dog
doghouse in the doghouse
dog’s (as) crooked as a dog’s hind leg
dogs call the dogs off
dog’s crooked as a dog’s hind leg
dogs go to the dogs
dog’s lead a dog’s life
dogs Let sleeping dogs lie.
dog’s live a dog’s life
dogs rain cats and dogs
doing have something doing
doing nothing doing
doldrums in the doldrums
dollar (as) phony as a three-dollar bill
dollar (as) queer as a three-dollar bill
dollar (as) sound as a dollar
dollar bet one’s bottom dollar
dollar dollar for dollar
dollar phony as a three-dollar bill
dollar queer as a three-dollar bill
dollar sound as a dollar
dollar the almighty dollar
dollars feel like a million (dollars)
dollars look like a million dollars
dolled get (all) dolled up
done after all is said and done
done (as) good as done
done (be) easier said than done
done better off (if something were done)
done done in
done done to a T
done easier said than done
done good as done
done No harm done.
done no sooner said than done
done over and done with
done see (to it) that something is done
done What’s done is done.
done when all is said and done
Don’t Don’t hold your breath.
Don’t Don’t let it go any further.
Don’t Don’t let it out of this room.
Don’t Don’t let someone or something get you down.
Don’t Don’t quit your day job.
don’t I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t.
don’t They don’t make them like they used to.
don’t You just don’t get it!
doomed doomed to failure
door answer the door
door (as) broad as a barn door
door at death’s door
door beat a path to someone’s door
door broad as a barn door
door close the door on someone or something
door darken someone’s door
door door-to-door
door from door to door
door get one’s foot in the door
door keep the wolf from the door
door next-door neighbor
door open the door to something
door see someone to the door
door show someone (to) the door
door shut the door on someone or something
doornail (as) dead as a doornail
doornail dead as a doornail
doors behind closed doors
doorstep at someone’s doorstep
doorstep on someone’s doorstep
dose a dose of one’s own medicine
dot on the dot
dotted sign on the dotted line
double do a double take
double double back (on someone or something)
double double-cross someone
double double in brass
double double up (with someone)
double on the double
double see double
doubt beyond a reasonable doubt
doubt beyond the shadow of a doubt
doubt get the benefit of the doubt
doubt give someone the benefit of the doubt
doubt no doubt
doubting doubting Thomas
doubts cast doubt(s) (on someone or something)
down (as) soft as down
down back down (from someone or something)
down batten down the hatches
down beat someone down (to size)
down bog down
down boil down to something
down boil something down
down break down
down break someone or something down
down break something down (for someone)
down break something down (into something)
down breathe down someone’s neck
down bring down the curtain (on something)
down bring down the house
down bring something crashing down (around one)
down buckle down (to something)
down call someone down
down catch one with one’s pants down
down clamp down (on someone or something)
down close something down
down come down
down cool down
down cool someone down
down crack down (on someone or something)
down cut someone down (to size)
down Don’t let someone or something get you down.
down do something hands down
down down-and-dirty
down down-and-out
down down-at-the-heels
down down by some amount
down down for the count

down down in the dumps
down down in the mouth
down down on one’s luck
down down on someone or something
down down South
down down the drain
down down the hatch
down down the street
down down the tubes
down down-to-earth
down down to the last detail
down down to the wire
down down with some disease
down dress someone down
down face someone down
down fall down on the job
down force someone or something down someone’s throat
down get down to brass tacks
down get down to business
down get down to cases
down get down to something
down get down to the facts
down get down to the nitty-gritty
down get down to work
down get someone or something down
down get someone down
down get the low-down (on someone or something)
down give someone a (good) dressing-down
down give someone the low-down (on someone or
something)
down go down fighting
down go down in history
down hand-me-down
down hands down
down hand something down (to someone)
down have something down pat
down hold someone down
down jump down someone’s throat
down keep something down
down knock-down-drag-out fight
down knock someone down (to size)
down knock something down
down knuckle down (to something)
down lay down one’s life (for someone or something)
down lay down on the job
down lay down the law
down lead someone down the garden path
down let one’s hair down
down let someone down
down lie down on the job
down live something down
down look down one’s nose at someone or something
down look down on someone or something
down mark someone or something down
down nail someone or something down
down nothing down
down pin someone down
down pipe down
down play someone or something down
down pour money down the drain
down pull someone or something down
down put one’s foot down (about something)
down put someone or something down
down put someone down as something bad
down put someone down (for something)
down put something down in black and white
down put something down to something
down ram someone or something down someone’s throat
down right down someone’s alley
down ring down the curtain (on something)
down run someone or something down
down scale something down
down sell someone down the river
down set something down to something
down settle down
down shake someone or something down
down shove someone or something down someone’s throat
down shut something down
down simmer down
down slap someone down
down slow someone or something down
down soft as down
down step down (from something)
down take someone down a notch (or two)
down take someone down a peg (or two)
down take someone down (to size)
down take something lying down
down talk down to someone
down talk someone down
down tear someone or something down
down throw down the gauntlet
down thumbs down on someone or something
down tied down
down tie someone down
down tone something down
down turn someone or something down
down turn thumbs down (on someone or something)
down water something down
down wear someone down
down weigh someone down
down when it comes right down to it
down when the chips are down
down wind down
down write something down
downhill downhill all the way
downhill downhill from here on
downhill go downhill
downs ups and downs
dozen by the dozen
dozen one’s daily dozen
dozen six of one and half a dozen of the other
dozen a dime a dozen
dozens by the dozens
drabs dribs and drabs
drag drag one’s feet
drag in drag
drag knock-down-drag-out fight
drag Wild horses couldn’t drag someone.
drag a drag (on someone)
dragged feel dragged out
dragged look like something the cat dragged in
drain down the drain
drain pour money down the drain
draw beat someone to the draw

draw draw a bead on someone or something
draw draw a blank
draw draw a line between something and something else
draw draw blood
draw draw interest
draw draw lots
draw draw someone or something out
draw draw (someone’s) fire (away from someone or
something)
draw draw something to a close
draw draw something up
draw draw straws
draw draw the line (at something)
draw draw the line between something and something
else
draw draw to a close
draw quick on the draw
draw slow on the draw
drawing back to the drawing board
drawn drawn and quartered
Dream Dream on.
dream wouldn’t dream of doing something
dream a dream come true
dream a pipe dream
dredge dredge something up
dress dress someone down
dressed all dressed up
dressed dressed to kill
dressed dressed to the nines
dressing give someone a (good) dressing-down
dribs dribs and drabs
dried cut-and-dried
drift get the drift of something
drink drink to excess
drink I’ll drink to that!
drive drive a hard bargain
drive drive at something
drive drive someone crazy
drive drive someone mad
drive drive someone out (of office)
drive drive someone to the wall
drive drive someone up the wall
drive drive something home
drive drive something into the ground
driven (as) pure as the driven snow
driven (as) white as the driven snow
driven pure as the driven snow
driven white as the driven snow
driver’s in the driver’s seat
driving driving force (behind someone or something)
driving What are you driving at?
drop at the drop of a hat
drop drop a bomb(shell)
drop drop a brick
drop drop around (sometime)
drop drop by (sometime)
drop drop by the wayside
drop drop dead
drop drop everything
drop drop in one’s tracks
drop drop in (on someone)
drop drop in (to say hello)
drop drop names
drop drop off (to sleep)
drop drop out (of something)
drop drop someone
drop drop the ball
drop drop the other shoe
drop drop the subject
drop so quiet you could hear a pin drop
drop so still you could hear a pin drop
drop a drop in the bucket
drop a drop in the ocean
droves bring people or other creatures out in droves
drown drown one’s sorrows
drown drown one’s troubles
drown drown someone or something out
drug drug on the market
drum (as) tight as a drum
drum drum some business up
drum drum someone out of something
drum drum something into someone(‘s head)
drum tight as a drum
drummer march to (the beat of) a different
drummer
drunk (as) drunk as a lord
drunk (as) drunk as a skunk
drunk drunk and disorderly
drunk drunk as a lord
drunk drunk as a skunk
druthers have one’s druthers
dry (as) dry as a bone
dry (as) dry as dust
dry (as) exciting as watching (the) paint dry
dry dry as a bone
dry dry as dust
dry dry run
dry dry someone out
dry dry up
dry exciting as watching (the) paint dry
dry high and dry
dry leave someone high and dry
dry not dry behind the ears
duck as a duck takes to water
duck (as) easy as duck soup
duck duck and cover
duck easy as duck soup
duck like a sitting duck
duck a dead duck
duck a sitting duck
ducks get one’s ducks in a row
ducks like sitting ducks
duck’s like water off a duck’s back
ducks lovely weather for ducks
dudgeon in high dudgeon
due give credit where credit is due
due give the devil her due
due give the devil his due
due in due course
due in due time
dues pay one’s dues

dull All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
dull (as) dull as dishwater
dull (as) dull as ditchwater

dull dull as dishwater
dull dull as ditchwater
dumb deaf and dumb
dumb play dumb
dumps down in the dumps
duration for the duration
dusk from dawn to dusk
dust (as) dry as dust
dust bite the dust
dust dry as dust
Dutch Dutch auction
Dutch Dutch courage
Dutch Dutch treat
Dutch Dutch uncle
Dutch go Dutch
Dutch in Dutch (with someone)
duty (above and) beyond the call of duty
duty beyond the call of duty
duty do one’s duty
duty duty bound (to do something)
duty in the line of duty
duty off duty
duty on active duty
duty on duty
duty shirk one’s duty
dyed dyed-in-the-wool
dying dying to do something

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